Burns

• Gelatine or Collodion is a good alternative to latex if your model is allergic to latex
• It can come in a block, in a bottle or you can get gelatine granules that you can buy in the super market
• Don't mix block gelatine with water
• When you heat up the block, the gelatine you don't end up using need to be thrown away, but the one in the bottle is reusable
• You can get different colours of gelatine (clear, light skin, dark skin etc.)
• You can colour it with Supracolor or mix with Aqacolour
• You can't mix latex, gleatine and Collodion but you can use them on top of eachother
• You can rip a layer of tissue and add it to the burn
• Look into the mirror as you are creating the burn
• Put gelatine into a microwavable bowl (if you are using gelatine in the bottle put some water into the bowl first) 
• The less gelatine you want to melt, the less time you heat it - test it every 15 seconds
• Be careful because it can get HOT
• If you want to add glitter, do it after you heat the gelatine or you will blow up the microwave
• Use a spatula to apply it onto the skin
• Avoid hard edges
• You can put it right up to the eye
• Pick it with the spatula and a pin to shape your burn 
• Always powder on top when the gelatine gets tacky
• You can use a cool hairdryer
• You can melt the edges with warm water and a baby bud
• Colour the burn with a fine pointy brush to create a 3D effect - build up the colour 
• Use your fingers to blend the colours
• Add foundation if needed and add some more colour on top to make it look more realistic
• Shine makes the burn look deeper - add vaseline, glycerine or pus

Wet gelatine

Dry gelatine

 Colouring the burn

Adding glycerine

Final look